I love a great breakfast place and had been hearing about this place for awhile. After a beautiful Ohio November I woke up to the first snowy morning of the season ... and being a Sunday morning what better to do than try out a new breakfast place.
Rushed the wife and son to get out of the house since the description of great and small usually means that if you don't get there early you will have a significant wait on a Sunday morning. The Lyndhurst Diner opened at 8am, but my anxiety of a wait during the short drive was subdued when I saw that only one of the five tables was occupied ... must be because of the snowy weather.
OK, so why did I give it 3 stars and not 5? First off, despite only one other table it took over 30 minutes to get our food ... so I heard several times from my son, "I'm hungry, where's the food." I ordered the fried bologna scramble, my wife ordered the lemon ricotta pancakes and the son went for eggs benedict. The fried bologna scramble was tasty but the accompanying hash browns were mediocre ... asked if I could have an english muffin was told, "I don't think we allow substitutions" ... I would have paid extra but did not offer. My son said the eggs benedict was good but it didn't fill him up, surprizingly it did not come with hash browns which I would have gladly paid extra for if I was informed they were not included. The wife thought the lemon ricotta pancakes were either doughy or not fully cooked .. OK, she's picky so my son and I ate half of them.
My fondness for local restaurants will have me give the Lyndhurst Diner a second try ... maybe I caught them on a bad day. Will let you know what I think after the next visit ... feel bad about giving a local place a mediocre review.